PATENT FIGURE CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT™
Understand Your Organization's Patent Figure Capability
- ✓ Capability Review
- ✓ Workflow Assessment
- ✓ Vendor Dependency Review
- ✓ Gap Analysis
- ✓ Capability Roadmap
ASSESSMENT
WHY CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT
Identify Where Patent Figure Work Breaks Down
Skills
- Internal figure skills
- Visio capability
- Revision skills
- Annotation skills
- Training gaps
Tools
- Templates
- Stencils
- Reusable assets
- Reference libraries
- Current software
Workflows
- Figure creation
- Review processes
- Revision workflows
- Inventor collaboration
- Quality control
Outcomes
- Gap analysis
- Improvement roadmap
- Training priorities
- Workflow recommendations
- Capability strategy
ASSESSMENT AREAS
What The Assessment Reviews
The assessment may review skills, workflows, collaboration practices, vendor dependency, review processes, and training gaps.
Internal Figure Skills
Evaluate patent figure skills across attorneys, agents, paralegals, inventors, illustrators, and support staff.
Patent Figure Workflows
Assess how figures are created, reviewed, revised, managed, and shared.
Vendor Dependency
Evaluate reliance on outside drafting resources and opportunities for stronger internal capability.
Quality & Consistency
Review standards, formatting practices, consistency, and figure quality.
Revision Management
Assess how changes are communicated, tracked, implemented, and validated.
Inventor Collaboration
Evaluate how inventors contribute and how information flows between stakeholders.
Figure Review Processes
Assess quality control, review procedures, and approval workflows.
Training Gaps
Identify skill gaps, workflow gaps, and organizational development opportunities.
Assessment Methodology
The assessment is adapted to the organization and may include interviews, workflow review, figure review, surveys, and capability benchmarking.
Discovery
- • Stakeholder Interviews
- • Surveys & Assessments
- • Current Workflow Review
- • Existing Tool Review
Evaluation
- • Representative Figure Review
- • Revision Process Review
- • Vendor Dependency Review
- • Capability Benchmarking
Recommendations
- • Gap Analysis
- • Improvement Opportunities
- • Training Priorities
- • Capability Roadmap
CAPABILITY MODEL
Internal Patent Figure Capability Model™
Organizations typically fall somewhere along a capability continuum. The goal is not necessarily to reach Level 5. The goal is to understand where the organization stands today and identify practical next steps.
Level 1
Vendor Dependent Most patent figure work is outsourced.
Level 2
Basic Internal Editing Simple changes can be performed internally.
Level 3
Collaborative Development Multiple stakeholders contribute using editable assets.
Level 4
Standardized Workflows Shared standards, reusable assets, and internal processes exist.
Level 5
Strategic Capability Patent figure capability becomes an organizational strength.
Assessment Deliverables
Organizations receive a structured assessment package designed to clarify current capability and guide practical improvement.
Current State
- • Current State Assessment
- • Capability Scorecard
- • Workflow Observations
- • Figure Practice Review
Findings
- • Gap Analysis
- • Bottleneck Identification
- • Vendor Dependency Findings
- • Collaboration Challenges
Recommendations
- • Practical Recommendations
- • Training Roadmap
- • Workflow Improvement Priorities
- • Capability Development Plan
TYPICAL OUTCOMES
What Organizations Use The Assessment To Improve
The assessment helps organizations identify practical ways to improve patent figure work over time.
Figure Quality
Improve consistency, clarity, standards, and figure review practices.
Collaboration
Improve coordination between inventors, attorneys, agents, and support staff.
Workflow Efficiency
Identify bottlenecks that slow figure creation, review, and revision.
Vendor Dependency
Evaluate where internal capability could reduce unnecessary outsourcing.
Revision Management
Improve how changes are requested, tracked, implemented, and validated.
Standardization
Develop repeatable workflows, templates, checklists, and reusable assets.
Internal Expertise
Identify training opportunities for attorneys, paralegals, inventors, and teams.
Capability Roadmap
Create practical next steps for developing stronger patent figure capability.
Who Should Consider An Assessment
Designed for organizations that want to understand, improve, or standardize how patent figures are created, reviewed, revised, and managed.
Ready To Understand Your Current Capability?
Whether you are exploring improvement opportunities, evaluating training needs, or planning a broader patent figure capability initiative, the Patent Figure Capability Assessment™ can help.